Standard Notes
Launched 2016
136 features found available
In their words
Think fearlessly with encryption. Standard Notes helps you gain control in a world that often feels out of control. Protect your life's work with end-to-end encryption, advanced security, and unmatched privacy controls. Read more
Pricing
Our most recent pricing details for Standard Notes:
$0 /year - Standard Plan
$90 /year - Productivity Plan
$120 /year - Professional Plan
Features pertaining to how the app comports itself visually
The app allows note content to be created & viewed with minimal formatting and today's date as the default note title
Display option where the editor shows black background with white text
Different sets of colors can be chosen to alter the appearance of the app window
Custom CSS can be included by the note editor to effect a specific theme via CSS
Editor can show content exactly as it will be exported/printed
AI integrations offered by the app or a first-party plugin.
Tasks from notes can be viewed on a calendar
What kind of content can be uploaded or inserted into notes?
Playing and interacting with YouTube videos is possible from within a note
Features that pertain to how the app interfaces with its customers
Company offers on-site real time chat support, or a chat server in which the company participates
There is a dedicated venue such as Discord where users can chat about the product in real time
The company has a specified URL at which users can discuss the product and ask questions in a format where answers can be upvoted to pinpoint the best one
The company offers a version of the product that can be used indefinitely at no cost, without a note limit
What measures are taken to ensure customer data remains private, even to employees of the companies themselves?
Can enable two-factor authentication from within the app (not only via third parties) to protect account access
Note data can be encrypted before leaving the user's device such that the decryption key is not shared with the note app provider (sometimes referred to as "end-to-end encryption")
Attachments included with note data are encrypted before leaving the user's device such that the decryption key is not shared with the note app provider
The entire account's worth of notes, not just individual notes, can be encrypted before leaving the user's device such that the decryption key is not shared with the note app provider
Documented claim that all note data is encrypted at rest, on the server
Documented claim that all note data and their attachments are encrypted on the server
An explicit policy describes how security is implemented, and what access employees have to data.
Note content can be created such that even a user who gained access to the note app's cloud database (employee or intruder) couldn't decrypt content (i.e., they couldn't obtain a usable decryption key even if possessing the database contents)
A documented claim exists that note content will not be accessed by employees
Notes can exist purely on the local file system of the device, without syncing
A note or block can have a password applied to hide it
A private web server can be used to sync note content across devices
What options are available for formatting text and related content in a note?
Audio can be placed in a note with embedded controls to start and stop the audio
As text is written in the code block, the level of indentation survives an "enter" press
Does text formatted as code get syntax highlighting?
Multiple languages can be selected to define the code syntax highlighting
Note body text can be "collapsed," "contracted," "folded" or otherwise hidden under its (non-bullet list) header
Videos can be placed in the body of a note, with controls to start and stop the video
What functionality specific to images is possible?
The note app allows the edges of the picture to get dragged so it becomes larger or smaller
An image (such as jpeg, png, gif) can be inserted and viewed in the note editor
What features are provided for interoperability between apps? How much lock-in is there?
An entire account can be deleted (including all notes and personal data) without emailing the company
Notes can be deleted from an active account en masse without emailing the company
App includes a built in importer for Evernote notes (ENEX)
App includes a built in importer for any markdown notes (MD)
App automatically syncs note & image data to the cloud without implementing extensions, and without signing up for a secondary account on a storage provider
A list of different versions of the note from past various points with the ability to revert to any of them
What features does the note provider offer in terms of third-party integrations and utilities adjacent to the note content itself?
Public access is available to the source code necessary to build/modify this app
The app allows users to develop and package extended app functionality. A directory is provided to help users browse and install plugins
Which login types are supported?
Features specific to the mobile experience
How well can the app function without internet access?
Attachments can be inserted into a note and viewed within the note when offline, after starting the app whilst disconnected from the Internet
Any note can be read when offline, after starting the app whilst disconnected from the Internet
Note content can be created or updated when offline, after starting the app whilst disconnected from the Internet
How fast is it?
Which platforms are officially supported?
Includes web apps that can be installed via official PWA or Electron
An iPad app (separate from iOS app) has been published to App Store
What options are there for navigating around the app and finding the note you're after?
When entering text into the search field, matching hierarchical tags/directories are offered to help the user filter note content
For any given note, the app provides a way to browse all other notes that contain links pointing to it
It's possible to create a link from one note to another note
A dialog is provided to look up other notes as link targets while creating a new link in a note
Organization of folders or hierarchical tags can have at least three levels of sub categories
Emojis can be used to demarcate note hierarchy members
It's possible to drag-and-drop, or otherwise relocate a branch of the organization hierarchy to a new location
A note can be pinned to the top of the note list for easy access, and will stay there until unpinned
Groups of notes can be bookmarked and accessed from a dedicated "Shortcuts," "Starred" or "Favorites" area
The forward slash key can be used to call forth a dialogue with a list of editing & formatting options
What features exist to share notes with the world?
Company provides a hosted space for publishing notes as blog posts, and published notes can be browsed by author
All documents shared by collaborators can be accessed on a consolidated page
Does the app support formatting data in tables?
Allows for basic text formatting (e.g., bold, italics) to an entire row or column of data within a table
Highlight the background of any table cell with a variety of color options
Column data types (e.g., numeric, text, enumerated) can be defined such that they restrict the type of input that can be entered into a cell
Table formulas can perform mathematical equations
What to-do list and scheduling features does the app support?
A task is automatically removed from the list, or can be configured to do so, once a task box is checked
What functionality is offered to capture content discovered on the internet?
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